Burke & Wills ... a tribute

The Burke & Wills Expedition, what an incredible story.

Innamincka in the far NE of South Australia is the location where explorers Burke & Wills met their fate in 1861, after crossing the continent south to north, finding their way back to the supply camp on Cooper Creek & discovering their support party had just left!

The support partry had waited there for 4 months, as organised by Burke, but they had left the camp only 9 hours before Burke & Wills made it back there.



It was an incredible feeling standing at the "Dig Tree" and more particularly at the exact spot on the bank of Cooper Creek where Burke died, and his original burial site.

Wills perished a little further along the way.

The bodies of both Burke & Wills were exhumed from their burial places here in 1862 and taken back to Melbourne for a state funeral.

A beautiful, peaceful spot on Cooper Creek now, beautiful trees, grasses, plants & wildflowers, am sure all who visit there wonder what it was like when Burke & his expedition party were here on the Cooper.